Category Archives: environment
The Alaska Range
“The Alaska Range,” oil on canvas board, by Carol L. Douglas Neither rain nor snow nor threat of sleep deprivation shall keep us from our appointed rowdiness. Mary and I coined that as our trip’s slogan. It’s insane. Mary has a cold and I’m feeling an irksome scratchiness to the throat. We can afford […]
Above the Arctic Circle
Landed in Anchorage
The Art of Shoveling
A tale of suspense
One of the most enduring memes on the internet is “things more likely to kill you than a shark,” which frequently include cows. Perhaps the writers can’t tell the difference between cows and bulls, or perhaps cows tend to fall on people, but in my experience they’re generally pretty placid creatures. In any case, there […]
Saying goodbye
Living sculpture
Back in the day, I was a pretty serious gardener. I led a garden group at a large suburban church and cared for my own plants. My schedule during the past few years has nixed that. In many ways gardening is exactly like painting. All the same skills, just different materials. My favorite garden task is […]
Needs vs. wants
Painter of the Taiga
Wandering around Denali last week, I came upon a sign bearing a faded picture of a painting by Belmore Browne. A hundred years ago, this artist came within a few hundred feet of being the first person to scale the mountain then known as McKinley. Now he’s pretty much forgotten. In 1906 explorer Frederick Cook […]